Beniamino bufano biography
Beniamino bufano artist...
Beniamino bufano biography
Beniamino Bufano
American sculptor
Beniamino Bufano | |
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Bufano in San Francisco, 1923 | |
| Born | Beniamino Benevento Bufano (1890-10-15)October 15, 1890 San Fele, Italy |
| Died | August 18, 1970(1970-08-18) (aged 79) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Bene Bufano, Benny Bufano, Ben Bufano, Benvenuto Bufano |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, Sculptor |
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| Children | 2 |
Beniamino "Bene" Bufano (October 15, 1890 – August 18, 1970) was an Italian American sculptor, best known for his large-scale monuments representing peace and his modernist work often featured smoothly rounded animals and relatively simple shapes.
He worked in ceramics, stone, stainless steel, and mosaic, and sometimes combined two or more of these media, and some of his works are cast stonereplicas. He had a variety of names used and sometimes went